ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Web-based Interface Reference Guide

Configuring the GbE Interconnect Switch using the Web-based Interface
— Trunk Load Sharing Algorithm—Select one of the port trunk load sharing options,
Source Addr, Destination Addr, or Both, to determine if load balancing decisions
will be made based on the source MAC address, destination MAC address, or both
addresses.
— Backpressure— Select Enabled or Disabled to initiate or terminate backpressure
flow control in and out of the switch. When backpressure is enabled and there is
incoming traffic congestion on a 10/100 port, the receiving port sends a request to the
transmitting port. The transmitting port acknowledges the request and stops sending
packets for a random amount of time, before starting to send again.
— SNTP—Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) allows the switch to synchronize its
real time to the network time. When SNTP is enabled, the interconnect switch sends
a request to a primary SNTP server in each period of a specified polling interval
asking for the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). If the primary SNTP server is not
available, the request is sent to a secondary SNTP server. For additional information,
refer to the “Configuring GbE Interconnect Switch Date and Time” section later in
this chapter.
2. After making your choices in Advanced Settings, click Apply.
IMPORTANT: To save the configuration settings permanently, they must be entered into NVRAM
using the Save Changes option on the Maintenance menu. Refer to the section, “Saving
Changes,” earlier in this chapter.
Configuring Port Settings
This section describes how to configure the following port settings: port name, state, speed-
duplex, and flow control. Refer to the “Configuring Port Security” section later in this chapter
for information on how to set the port security parameters.
The speed-duplex parameter for each port can be set to 1000M/Full, 100M/Full, 100M/Half,
10M/Full, 10M/Half, or Auto. The Auto setting allows the port to automatically determine
the fastest settings that the device the port is connected to can handle.
IMPORTANT: In the forced 100M/Full, 100M/Half, 10M/Full, and 10M/Half modes, auto MDI-X is
disabled and a cross-over cable must be used.
IMPORTANT: If you have the ProLiant BL p-Class F-GbE Interconnect Kit option with the DualTSX
Interconnect Modules, the management interface supports only 1000M/Full and Auto options for the
speed/duplex settings for Gigabit uplink ports. The fiber Dual TSX Interconnect module supports only
1000-Mb/s (Gigabit) speed, and not 10-Mb/s or 100-Mb/s.
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